Associations to the word «Pyre»

Wiktionary

PYRE, noun. A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
PYRE, noun. Any heap or pile of combustibles.

Dictionary definition

PYRE, noun. Wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche